Murphy: We've talked about Colin Kaepernick a lot with you, but none of us saw last week's performance coming. I want to ask you (a) about last weekend, and (b) how it affects him going forward - these NFL teams are going to want to stop this guy, now!

Dungy: They are, but I'll tell you what - it's easier said than done when you only have one week to prepare. I'm sure the Atlanta coaches are just filtering through everything they have, looking at all the tape, but now you've got to go out and you've got to practice a different game plan. All of a sudden, every running play that you've stopped throughout the season, you now have to stop that but also say, "What if the quarterback keeps the ball? Who's got him? What if the quarterback rolls out and is going to throw? What happens?" It changes the whole dynamic. Everybody is on Dom Capers and the Green Bay defense, but this is not an easy offense to defend with just one week of preparation.

McCaffrey: As a head coach, would you ever be a little concerned about one player suddenly getting this much attention?

Dungy: Well, that's what's going to happen. But he understands what he has to do, and he's living the moment. You've seen it before, you've seen people blossom - I remember Kurt Warner's year when he kind of came out of nowhere, and everybody said that the farther it went, the harder it would be for him ... But he just got better and better as the year went on ... because he was confident of what he could do, and I think Colin is the same way. And they have a little advantage - no one saw this coming, and nobody is really prepared to defend this. ... But I think San Francisco has a decided advantage with this spread offense going into the game.

Murphy: Comparing Kaepernick to other guys who run the read-option - Russell Wilson, (Robert Griffin III), Cam Newton - is Kaepernick different than any of those guys?

Dungy: I don't know that he's different, but they've got the right ingredients to run this. ... They make you defend a lot of formations, a lot of plays. He is throwing the ball very, very well ... He's doing what we saw him do at Nevada, and I think the thing that's surprising everybody is ... well, this isn't Nevada, this is the NFL. But he's doing exactly what he did in the past, and I think he's just saying, "I've done this my whole life. ... Why is everyone surprised?"

Murphy: Can you make a prediction for us ... ?

Dungy: Everything points to the 49ers, but I think it was a big game for Atlanta to win last week and get over that hump of not winning in the playoffs. I just think it might be Atlanta's year, and I see them winning another nail biter. ... It's the Tony Gonzalez factor.